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Overview"Glen Sharp's boxing career was a rise-and-fall story without so much rise in it. A sparring partner for light-heavyweight Hall of Famer Yaqui Lopez, he ""retired"" with a record of one victory and two defeats. A decade later, having come to understand how and why he failed as a younger fighter, he attempted a comeback. Told with heart and wit, his memoir is a treatise on boxing as both profession and purpose. Sharp uses economic theory to describe the sweet science as a case study in resource management while recounting his own struggle to win fistic glory and his father's admiration." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Glen SharpPublisher: McFarland & Co Inc Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.336kg ISBN: 9781476672694ISBN 10: 1476672695 Pages: 265 Publication Date: 28 August 2018 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsTable of Contents Preface 1. Athletics, My Father and Me—A Love Triangle 2. The Growing Dream 3. Capitol Gym 4. The Golden Gloves 5. Training at the PAL—Spring 1979 6. Becoming a Good Student 7. Discovered by Bobo Olson 8. Boxing Is Economics Theory Expressed in the Flesh 9. Throwing a Punch and Hitting a Ball 10. George Benton’s Shoulder Shell 11. Meeting Yaqui López 12. Yaqui López, Ernest Hemingway and José Ortega y Gasset 13. Boxing as a Martial Art 14. Last Sparring Before First Professional Fight 15. Locker Room Preparation for First Professional Fight 16. An Undefeated Contender 17. Back in the Gym 18. Losing My Second Fight 19. A Broken Nose and a Breaking Dream 20. Training with Yaqui at Lake Tahoe 21. Sylvester Stallone, Lee Canalito and Vinnie Curto 22. Jessie Burnett’s Version of the Shoulder Shell 23. Learning Why I Was Not a World-Ranked Contender 24. Training at Tahoe Again 25. Another Loss 26. Leaving Boxing 27. A Lost Soul Tries to Find Where He Failed 28. Boxing, Zen in the Art of Archery and an Introduction to Literature 29. Don Conley and the Washington Neighborhood Center 30. Marriage and Healing Some of My Gaps 31. Becoming a “Smart Slugger” 32. Requiem for a Light-Heavyweight: The End of a Dream IndexReviewsA fast paced book that gives the reader much insight into what it takes to become a fighter. Sharp gives us an honest telling of his life in boxing...a terrific chronicle of what boxing was and should be. I can't think of another boxing book out there that gives such an inside look at what it was like to pursue the dream of boxing n the way Glen Sharp did. It is a great read on so many levels. Most of all, it is a very human story. I doubt there are many who will not be able to relate to some portions of Sharp's book. I know I did --Boxing Over Broadway. """[Sharp's] analysis of how fighters move, punch, and defend is some of the keenest and clearest ever written. Yet thanks to Sharp's elegant and conversational style, and his ability to tell the main story in tandem with a searching examination of his own character and experiences, the scope of his book extends far beyond rings and gyms... A humble and candid narrator whose wry wit lightens a serious tale, Sharp probes for insight on every page. Time and again, he surprises the reader by following seemingly mundane observations to a deeper core...Punching from the Shadows...deserves to take its place as a classic of boxing literature"" --The American Conservative." Author InformationGlen Sharp is an analyst and editor at the California Energy Commission and lives in West Sacramento. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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